Combined railway tie, fish-plate, and car replacer.



No. 896,378. PATENTBD AUG. 18, 1908. W. W. GORDON.

COMBINED RAILWAY TIE, FISH PLATE, AND GAR REPLAOER.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 6,1907.

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No. 896,378. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. W. W. GORDON. COMBINED RAILWAY TIE, FISH PLATE, AND OAR REPLACE-R.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1907.

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wuautov WILLIAM W. GORDON, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COMBINED RAILWAY TIE, FISH-PLATE, AND GAB-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

Application flled June 6, 1907. Serial No. 377,597.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. GORDON, citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Imp rovements in a Combined Railway Tie,

ish-Plate, and Oar-Replacer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined metallic railway tie, fish-plate, and car-replacer, and among the objects in view is to provide a device of the character referred to which shall be extremely simple in construction,

ossessing a minimum number of parts, efective in its operation and not liable to get out of order and also to provide such a device Which can be quickly applied and taken apart when necessary.

With the above and other objects in view, all of which will ap ear from the following description when ta en in connection with the accompanying drawings, my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of arts, as described heretofore, shown in the rawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a track showing my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3'3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of that portion of my device comprising the tie and the outer flanged ends thereof. Fig. 5 is a pers ective view of that portion of the device w ich is bolted to one of the end flanges of the tie and which serves, and cooperating with said end flange, to firmly secure a rail in position.

Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a modified form of m invention applied to two rails, the latter eing in section.v Fig.7 is a ers ective view of one portion or section 0 the evice. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of that portion of the device cooperating with the portion seen in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an elevation, artly in section, showing a further modified ibrm of the invention. ig. 10 is a perspective view of one portion of the device seen in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 1s a perspective view of that portion of the device which cooperates with the portion seen in Fig. 10.

- Referring articularly to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, my evice comprises a metallic tie'l,

'serve .the pur ose of acar-replacer.

which is cut away at its 0 posite upper longitudinal edges as at 2 to orm a contracted portion 3 intermediate the broader end portions 4, and said tie is also cut away upon its under side and longitudinall as at 5, to form the longitudinal parallel ri s 6. This construction provides a tie which is comparatively light in weight and yet sufficiently strong at those oints where strength is required; and furt ermore the ballast can be readily and efficiently tamped under and about the tie to firmly secure the latter in position.

Each end of the tie is rovided with a flanged portion 7, each of which portions being constructed to serve the purposes of a fish-plate, and car-replacer, that is to sa it is undercut to provide a recess 8 withinw ich fits the outer flange of the foot of the rail, and a recess 9 forming a shoulder against which abuts the tread of the rail, while intermediate the recesses 8 and 9 the flanged portions 7 are adapted to fit closely, or a proximately so, against the web of the rar, sufficient space being left between for the expansion of the rail.

It will be noted that by the construction of the flanged portions of the tie, the same perform the function of fishlates and furthermore, by the construction of tie described, the same really serves the purpose of a track gage, whereby the laying of a line of track is greatly facilitated and a considerable saving in time effected. The flanged portions 7 of the tie are further provided with the flanges 10, outwardly curved as shown, the upper edges of the flanges being slightly above the tread of the rail. The upper edges of the flanges are somewhat rounded and intermediate said flanges and the fish-plate portions of the tie, are portions 11 which in conjunction with the flanges 1130,

Y curving the anges outwardly, somewhat ta ering throats are formed to facilitate the r1 ng of the derailed car wheel up onto the portions 11, and the rounded edges of the anges assist in this operation. Adapted to cooperate with the fish-plate,

and replacer' ortions of the tie, are the. sections 12, eac of which is constructed to serve as a fish-plate, and car-replacer, and

for this purpose, each of said sections 12 is provided with a flange 13 which curvesim' 'wardl that is in a dIIBCtIOIIOPPOSltO -to that m which the flanges 10 .are curved.

The upper edge of the flange 13 is about in the same horizontal plane as the tread of the rails. Each section 12 is undercut as at 14 to form a recess, within which fits the inner flange of the base of the rail, and is also cut away as at 15 to form a recess for the wheel flanges. Each section 12. is also provided with a portion 16 constituting a fish-plate and havmg a configuration to fit closely, or nearly so, against the web of the rail, sufficient space being left between the two to allow for ex ansion of the rail.

Intermediate the flange 13 and the portion 16 of each section 12, are portions 17 onto which a derailed car wheelwill be directed by the. flange 13 in the act of replacing a derailed car. The flange 13 and the ortions 17 therefore constitute a replacer w ich cooperates with the replacer portion of the tieto efiect the replacement of a de-railed throats to facilitate the car wheel'riding up onto the portions 17. In order that the carin a manner well known in this class of devices.

The curved .fiange 13 forms tapering sections 12 might be firmly secured in position against the rails, I provide sections 12 with bolt holes 18 and also provide the flanged ends of the tie with similar holes 19, these holes 18 and 19 being so positioned,

' that, when the parts are in place, the holes 18 will register with the holes 19, and

' through said holes and holes in the rails I pass headed bolts 20, upon the inner threaded ends of which are mounted tightening nuts 21. It will be seen that by tighten.- ing up the nuts 21 the sections 12 will be drawn tightly against the rail and the latter thus firmly secured between the fish- 'late portions of the device, and spreading o the rails is absolutely prevented.

The car-replacers hereinabove described,'

by their construction do not present any.

obstruction to the free runmng of the car wheels upon the rails. and, therefore, my

' car-replacers do not constitute mere tem- 'porary devices for replacing a derailed car on the rails, as do the usual car-replacers as at present constructed, but are intended to always remain in position and form a permanent feature of the railway.

In order to give additional security'against .anyvupward movement of the rails on the tie, I provide the broader end portions 4 of the tie with one or more recesses 22 (preferably two as shown), with which are ada ted to engage hook-shape lugs 23 provide on the sections 12 and when the sections 12 are in position, the lugs 23 engage with the under side of the tie and thus serve as a locking means for the sections 12 to prevent danger of the bolts becomi tain all shock and any upward movement of the sections 12, and, consequently, upward movement ofthe,

rails.

Each of the sections 12- of the device is cut away u on its under side as seen at 25, thereby orming a recess within which snugly fits the broadends 4 of the tie, and by reason I of the shoulders 25 formed by' cutting away the v sections 1 12 as stated, fitting closely against the lateral edges of the tie,

there is no danger of any strain being thrown upon the bolts 20 upon the event of a car' I leaving the track, the wheels of which would strike against the end of the section 12.

- Owing to the construction mentioned, all r strain caused by the impact of the wheels against the s ctions 12 would besustained by the tie itself and therefore there is no I it not for the provision of t e recess 25"receiving the tie, the bolts would have to susmight therefore become 1 broken, which would, in such event, allow the rails to move inwardly.

Instead of constructing the tie as heretofore described and represented in Figs. 1 to 5,

I could construct the tie as seen in Figs. 6 to brokenb Were 10,wh erein I show the tie 26 as being made in twoparts adjustably connected together. In this construction, the centra'lportion of. the tie intermediate the broad ends 27 thereof, is reduced to form a cylindrical shank 28,

and the tie is divided to form the two similar sections 29 and 30. The reduced portionsof the tie sections are threaded reversely and are adjustably connected together by means of a. turn buckle 31, by means of which the two sectionsofthe tie may be adjusted toward'or from each other within certain limits.

This

construction-is desirable for maintaining at all times close and firm engagement of the fish-plate portions of the tie-with the rails; In other-respects the construction of the ends of the tie to rovide the fish-plate, and car- I re lacer, is t e same as that described with.

re erence to Figs. 1 to 5, and the construction of the sections 32, which cooperate with 1 the modified construction of tie, 1s alsosimis lar to the construction of the sections 12 seen,

and 37. Y

InFigs. 9, 10 and 11',- the construction-of.

the device is similar to that seen in Figs. '6, 7 and 8, with the exception that the sections 38 are provided with recesses 39, within which as through openings provided wifluhe penin s.

are contained nuts 40 on the tightening bolts 41. B this arm I ement there is little daner of t e bolts wo'r 'ng loose and instead of aving the bolts lie honzontal as seen'inFig. 9, I may so locate the bolt openings, that, when the bolts pass therethroug'h, said bolts will lie in a sli htly inclined osltion, the end of the bolt w 'ch carries t e nut 40 being slightl lower than the outer headed end of the b0 t. By so inclining the bolts there will be less tendency of the same to turn and work loose. In the construction seen in Figs; 9, 10 and 11, I dispense with. the car-replacin portions and it will be understood that could do this also with the construction seen in Figs. 1 to 5.

If desired, the constructions seen in Figs. 6 to 10 could be used with the ordinary wooden tie, the improved tie being clamped in any desired manner upon the ordinary wooden tie. A

While I have described my device as being a combined railway tie, fish-plate, and carreplacer yet it will be understood that I could dispense with the tie portion and use simply the combined fish-plate, and car-replacer portion, or I could use the-car-replacer portion alone, or I could use the tie portion alone.

What I claim is:-

1.- A combined metallic railway plate, and car-replacer.

2. A metallic railway tie cut away upon its opposite sides to form a narrow body portion and having two integral longitudinal ribs laterally spaced from said narrow body portion and an integral longitudinal rib beneath said body ortion.

3. 1? device of the character described comprising a tie having integral flanged portions at its ends forming fish-plates, each of said flanged portions bein constructed to engage with the head of a ra' and to fit between sald head and the base of the rail on the outer side tie, fishof the latter, and fishlate sections constructed to engage with t e head of a rail and to fit between said head and the base of the rail on the inner side of the latter, said fish plate sections having hooked lugs adapted to pass within recesses in the tie and engage with the latter, said flanged portions of the tie and said fishzlplate sections having bolt openings adapte to aline in the manner specified.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a tie having integral flanged portions at its ends, each of said portions being constructed to en age with a flange on the base of a rail and a so to engage with the head of the rail and to fit between said head and the base of the rail and the flanged portions .of the tie being also constructed to constitute car-replacers.

5. The combination with the rails havin bolt openings of a tie having integral flange portionsat its ends, each ofsaid portions constitu a fish-plate section" engagi' with the flange on the base of a rail an'da o with the I head of a rail and fitting between the head and the base of the rail on the outer side thereofand having bolt 0 e 's, fish-plate sections 'each engagi 't the angp on the base' of a rail and wit the head oft e latter and fitting between said head and the base of the rail on the inner side of the latter, said fish-plate sections having bolt openings, the various fish-plate sections bei constructed to form car-replacers, and olts, through the openings of the fish-plate sections, the rails and the flanged portions of the tie to secure the parts together.

6. The combination with a tie having l0n gitudinal ribs on its under side and having integral flanged ortions at its efiiis adapte to engage with t e rails u on the outer side thereof and constituting flish-plates, said tie having recesses in its body portion, of fishplate sections adapted to engage with the" rails on the inner sides thereof and having depending hooked lugs adapted to engage within the said recesses.

7. A combined fish-plate and car replacer constructed inte al with each other.

8. A combine fish-plate and car re lacer constructed integral with each other an having bolt-openings therein.

9. The combination with the rails, of a combined fish-plate, and car-replacer bolted to said rails.

10. The combination with the rails, of a combined fishplate and car replacer con structed integral with each other, and arranged u on the outer sides of the rails, a combine structed integral with each other and ar ranged upon the inner sides of the rails and means for securing the arts to ether.

11. Acombinedfishp ate, an car-re lacer comprising two cooperating portions a apted to be arranged uplon opposite sides of a rail all d provided wit bolt openings adapted to a me.

12. The combination with a rail, of a carreplacing device comprising two cooperating portions arranged one upon the inner side of the rail and one upon t e outer side of said rail, each of said portions bein constructed to re-rail a car traveling in eit er direction, and means securing theisaid cooperating portions to the rail.

13. A car-replacing device comprising two cooperating members, each having a portion adapted to fit against the side of a rail and also having a re-railing flange constructed to re-rail a car travelin 1n either direction and fish-plate and car replacer con-' passing a portion intermedlate the flange and the 14. The combination with a rail, of a'car- 4 I seems replacing, device comprisingtwo cooperatin with a re-railing fl' e constructed to re-rail portions arranged one u on the inner side 0 a car traveling in eit er directlon and bolts he rail and one upon t e outer side of said passing through alined openings 1n thesaidi rail, and bolts passing throu h alined openportions and the rail.

5 mgs in thesaidlportions and t e rail. t In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 15 15. The com ination with a rail, of a car-' in presence of two witnesses.

replacing device comprising two cooperating WILLIAM W; GORDON portions arranged one u on the inner side of Witnesses: the rail and oneupon t e outer side of said H. P. HOWARD, Jr., 10 rail, each of said portions being provided WM. E. BOULTER. 

